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From: anderson@cshl.org (John Anderson)
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Subject: Re: Halal Meat?
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Date: 30 May 91 15:06:44 GMT
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MM24@liverpool.ac.uk (MM24) writes:
>I am a student from Pakistan and living in Liverpool for last couple of years.
>I would be grateful if any body can solve my query.

>What meat can we eat here?. I have heard people saying that you can eat any
>meat as long as it is not pork and you say Bismillah al-rehman al-rahim before
>eating.

>It is not that you cant buy proper halal food, but it is not easily available
>and some time you have to eat in the university, ot to a friend.

>Also some body told me that in 'Quran it is said that, We have allowed you to
>eat food of the believers (Christian and Jewish).

>Please tell me what exactly is right?

>Thank you for your help.

I am curious ... do Muslims use a lot of kosher products?  
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John Anderson
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
anderson@cshl.org